The happiness factor

Blue is sad; yellow is happy; green is in between. Note the clusters of similar colors. Click the image for a large size.

Mom always told me to be careful of the crowd I run with. Turns out she was right—in ways she could not have known.

James Fowler of UC San Diego and […]

Perfect pitch; perfect taste

Some people have perfect pitch and can name any note they hear and tell you if it is sharp or flat. Some people have what I’ll call perfect taste because they can compare the taste of today’s coffee roast (for instance) to one they had last week and describe the differences.

I have neither […]

Characteristics of the world’s most admired companies

Fortune Magazine just published a list of the world’s most admired companies. The ranking on the list was established by a few more than 4,000 executives, directors, and securities analysts. I do business with number 1 (Apple: all my computers since 1984) and number 50 (Samsung: LCD HDTV) and many of the in-between ones (Google, […]